THE TRUE MURDER CASE THAT INSPIRED TV’S “TWIN PEAKS” - and 6 More Macabre True Stories!
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: Most people laugh at, or outright dismiss, the possibility that numerous hair-covered humanoids could exist in the U.K., and without ever getting caught or killed. But, some cases and tales do seem to stand the test of time. Although, many of the creatures that appear in such tales – which date back centuries – may not be what people assume them to be. (Wild Beast Or Wild Man?) *** A mother receives a call from her son – who had been killed by a drunk driver. (Call From The Other Side) *** On a brisk morning, with wind wafting off the Mississippi river across from St. Louis, Missouri, the men faced each other with pistols, at barely more than arm’s length. They’d come to shoot at one another because of an ‘offense against honor’. The place, or ‘field of honor’, was Bloody Island. (What Happened to Bloody Island?) *** A police officer and his daughter see a large creature jump completely over the two lane road they are driving down – a creature that ran on only two legs. (Leaping Bigfoot) *** Sleep paralysis is one of the most terrifying experiences one can have – and one person’s story takes the creeps to a new level. (Confronted by Insectoids) *** One monster that seems to be pervasive in the human psyche across numerous cultures is what we would call the werewolf (although each part of the world has their own name for it). And while most consider it simply a legendary cryptid, there have always been those who believe that these are not merely the product of our imagination, but very real monsters that lurk out beyond our understanding. And they take it very seriously in Haiti. (The Mysterious Werewolves of Haiti) *** Did you know that Laura Palmer's death on TV’s “Twin Peaks” was inspired by a real-life murder case? (The Real-Life Murder Case That Inspired “Twin Peaks”)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Real-Life Murder Case That Inspired ‘Twin Peaks’” by CWS for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2mhBMpJ
“Wild Beast or Wild Man?” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2kSeW7U
BOOK: “Dark Dorset: Tales of Mystery, Wonder and Terror” https://amzn.to/2IMrqE6
“Call From The Other Side” submitted anonymously at WeirdDarkness.com
“What Happened to Bloody Island” by John Davis for Mysterious Writings: http://bit.ly/2m2BUct
“Confronted by Insectoids” posted at PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2mp4hly
“Leaping Bigfoot” posted at PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2mp4hly
“The Mysterious Werewolves of Haiti” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2lYCKqP
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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| 0:56.9 | on Saturday December 10th will also have a brand new Christmas special from our micro-terrorist, |
| 1:14.8 | Scary Stories for Kids series 2. On Christmas Day, it's my narration of the entire novel, |
| 1:19.8 | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Plus, I'll be posting regular episodes of Weird |
| 1:24.1 | Darkness the whole month long as well. So, if you like a little horror in your holidays, |
| 1:28.4 | some perturbation in your plum pudding. If you like frighten your festivities, terror |
| 1:32.3 | in your tree, nervousness in your no-well, and cruel in your U.L., then be sure to come |
| 1:37.1 | back every day for more episodes. And be sure to tell your friends and family as well so |
| 1:41.7 | they can get creeped out of Christmas too. Happy Holidays! And Merry Christmas from Weird |
| 1:46.1 | Darkness. |
| 1:49.1 | Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended |
| 1:55.9 | for mature audiences only. parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 2:16.6 | We all have that story. The story that haunted and intrigued us as children. The story that |
| 2:23.0 | opened us up to a different world, to a darkness that many of us still seek out in true |
| 2:29.1 | crime and horror. Twin Peaks, the bizarre and brilliant Who-Dunet TV |
| 2:34.7 | show from the early 1990s, returned in 2017 to mystify a whole new generation of television |
| 2:42.1 | viewers. The show centers on the small town murder of Laura Palmer and the secrets |
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